The mannequin, who has not been named, was assaulted, drugged, handcuffed and caught in a journey bag, police stated in a press release.

A 30-year-old Polish nationwide who resides in the UK was arrested on kidnapping fees. Lukasz Herba was arrested July 17 outdoors the British consulate in Milan whereas accompanying the girl, stated Lorenzo Bucossi, the pinnacle of the Milan Police Cellular Command unit.

It was not instantly clear why the suspect took the mannequin to the consulate.

Authorities stated they’re trying to find at the very least another particular person in reference to the kidnapping.

Taken to distant house

The mannequin arrived in Milan on July 10 and already had a photograph shoot booked by means of her agent for the next day, in keeping with the police account.

When she walked into the condominium the place the picture shoot was alleged to happen, two males attacked her, police stated.

She was loaded into the trunk of a automotive and brought to a cabin on the outskirts of Lemie, a distant city within the Italian Alps, she instructed authorities.

The lady was stored handcuffed to a picket chest of drawers in a bed room for per week, police stated.

In response to the Italian police, the suspect used encrypted accounts to ask the mannequin’s agent for $300,000 to cease the net public sale from going forward.

He additionally allegedly instructed the agent that he was working on behalf of “the Black Loss of life group,” a company concerned in unlawful trafficking on the darkish internet, a layer of the Web accessible solely by means of anonymizing networks like Tor.

Italian investigators have since established that the suspected kidnapper had already organized a number of on-line auctions for the sale of kidnapped women, referring to them as “prey.”

The web sites for the auctions included an outline of the sufferer and a beginning value however police stated it was nonetheless unclear whether or not the suspect had made them up.

Investigations underneath method

Investigations within the case are ongoing in Italy, Poland and the UK.

The British International Workplace stated solely that it’s offering consular help to a British girl in Milan and that it’s in contact with native authorities.

The International Workplace declined to supply further data on the girl, her situation and whether or not she is again in the UK.